Employment
In Monterey County, women are the “working poor”. More females are in the workforce, but women are disproportionately represented in low-paying jobs. Young girls often lack employment opportunities, and local pregnant teens face an even more difficult challenge finding work to support their families or their education. Economic hardships are compelling more elder women into the workforce, either after retirement or as first-time job seekers.
12% more women were employed full-time in Monterey County’s civilian workforce than in 2004. Nearly one in ten local women seeking work remains unemployed (9.5%, compared to 8.1% among men). 
Source: American Community Survey, 2009
Low-paying jobs
Females are the vast majority of local workers in care-giving and service fields such as:
Healthcare support (89%), Personal care and services (77%), Office/administrative support (75%), Education, training, library services (67%), and Community and social services (63%).
Local women are proportionally under-represented in fields such as: Management (40%) and Computer and mathematical services (30%).
(Source: American Community Survey, 2009)
Source: American Community Survey, 2009
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